Device for attaching and detaching ho



UNTTED STATES PATENT @frrrcn.

CIOERO o. FERRILL, OF SHUBUTA, MISSISSIPPI.

DEVICE FOR ATTACHING AND DETACHING HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,367, dated April22, 1884:.

Application filed February 4, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CIoERo O. FERRILL, of Shubuta, in the countyot'Cla-rk and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Devices for Attaching and Detaching Horses to and fromVehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming partof this specification.

This invention has for its object a horse'attacher and detacher whichmay dispense with ordinary harness except a collar and pair of haines;and the invention consists of the novel construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of two pairs of thillsconnected together, to be used on two-horse vehicles. Fig. 2 is a detailview, partly in section, showing the manner of attaching the thills tothe h'ames; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on line x x of Fig. 2.

A indicates a pair of thills having the ordinary breeching-strap, B,secured thereto. For two horse vehicles two pairs of such thills,connected together as shown, are to be used. The outer ends of thethills are provided with ferrules 0, each of which is provided with atubular attachment, 0, parallel therewith, in which is arranged a pin,D, having a retaining spiral spring, E. The rear end of the pin (Nomodel.)

opening, G, through which a ring or loop, H,

attached to the haines I, may be passed, to

allow the pin D to engage therewith when properly retracted. To thehames is also secured a guard, J, which may be a curved plate or a hook,under which the tubular attachment O tits, and by which the thills aresecurely held from upward movement at the ends.

Kis the collar, on which the hanies are fitted and secured in the usualmanner.

\ \Vhat I claim is 1. The ferrule 0, having tubular attachment 0,provided with transverse opening G and spring-actuated pin D,substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the thills having the ferrules O andspring-actuated pins D, connected therewith, and the hanies having theloops H and guards J, substantially as shown and described.

GIOERO O. FERRILL.

(N0 Model.)

J. FISHER.

TONGUE REST.

Patented Apr. 22, 1884;

.No. 297,368. zayz .ATTORES.

